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crucify

[ kroo-suh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

, cru·ci·fied, cru·ci·fy·ing.
  1. to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross.
  2. to treat with gross injustice; persecute; torment; torture.
  3. to subdue (passion, sin, etc.).


crucify

/ ˈkruːsɪˌfaɪ /

verb

  1. to put to death by crucifixion
  2. slang.
    to defeat, ridicule, etc, totally

    the critics crucified his performance

  3. to treat very cruelly; torment
  4. to subdue (passion, lust, etc); mortify


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Derived Forms

  • ˈcruciˌfier, noun

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Other Words From

  • cruci·fier noun
  • un·cruci·fied adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of crucify1

Middle English crucifien < Anglo-French, Old French crucifier < Latin crucifīgere, equivalent to Latin cruci- (stem of crux ) cross + fīgere to fix, bind fast

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Word History and Origins

Origin of crucify1

C13: from Old French crucifier, from Late Latin crucifīgere to crucify, to fasten to a cross, from Latin crux cross + fīgere to fasten

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Example Sentences

Thy fell undoings crucify afresh Thy Lord—who died alike for these and thee.

"Thou who wouldst crucify me upon Shushan," he said through his teeth.

In the eighteen books which follow, the word crucify appears but twice—in Hebrews (vi, 6) and in Revelation (xi, 8).

He has also power to avoid sin and to constantly crucify his flesh.

I ran away from him; I am a worthless fugitive, a thievish Phrygian slave, whom most masters would crucify.

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